The Bottineau pioneer., 1887-05-05
THE SAN CARLOS INDIANS.
Belief That the Apaches Contemplat,
an Early Outbreak.

Belief That the Apaches Contemplate
an Early Outbreak.
Superv sor Frank Proctor has re.
turned from trip through G.la and
Graham counties of month. and dur
ing his absence he visited the reserva.
ton and saw how its affairs are con.
Quoted. He speaks in high terms OF
the management of Capt Pierce. and
says that for the first time in the b sto.
ry of the reservation the Indians are
made to feel that the white man is
their master. The bucks are naturally
the LATEST beings ON earth or rather
they are the most averse to manual
labor-and they will often suffer i'm
prisonment in the guard house in
shackles rather than perform the task
set them. They are required now to
till the soil and grow their own food as
largely as possible. The white en-
ployes are instructing them in lessons
of agriculture, and the new life is not
at all pleasant to many of the older
bucks, who feel disgraced in doing me-
nial work. They are governed by a
firm hand, however, and at the same
time they receive fair and just treat
ment. against all things they are taught
that only reasonable commands will be
given, and that they must be obeyed.
There is no alternative but such a
quality of punishment as the offense Of
the refractory Indian deserves-usu-
ally imprisonment in the guard house.
A great deal of progress has been
made by those Indians under the we'll
directed guidance of Capt. Pierce and
his subordinates. He personally in
spects the manner in which his orders
have been executed, and while he is
feared by the Indians he is highly res
pected by them, and every promise or
pledge made to them is accepted in the
full fact that it will be fulfilled to the
letter.
The origin OF the recent speck of
trouble on the reservation was some-
thing like the following: Lieut.. Mott
and the head farmer had gone below
some distance from the agency to look
after the bitches, and while examining
them a young buck came up to the
other side and asked the lieutenant why
he imprisoned his father in the guard
house. The lieutenant told him it was
because he would not work. The
young buck made some surly or threat
ening remark, and the lieutenant told
him to hush up or he might get in the
guard-house also. The buck then drew
a pistol and fired at them, inflicting the
wounds that caused Lieut.. Motifs death
and the disabling of the farmer. The
murderer has since been apprehended,
and will probably suffer for his crime.
A general sentiment prevails among
the employees on the reservation, which
is not shared by Capt Pierce, however,
that another outbreak is inevitable, and
that it is liable to come at any mo-
ment between now and the early sum-
mer months. 1t will be the Tontos,
and possibly the White Mountains.
They are very restless, and surly when
beyond the espionage of the scouts and
others in authority, and are only
awaiting good pretext to mutiny. They
are not as good warriors as the Chiri-
cahuas, and they will speedily be con-
quered if they take the war-path. and
the sooner they start out the better it
will be, as it will end them and their
troubles so far as Arizona is concerned.
A long continued warfare like that
just ended is impossible with the tribes
now on the reservation.
The Indians are all we'll armed and
have plenty of ammunition. Nearly
every one has pistol, and many of
them have rifles hidden away. The
sale of arms and ammunition on the
reservation is forbidden, but they man.
age to secure their supplies some-
where else. The possession of these
arms gives them degree of conf.
dence and arrogance that they would
not otherwise assert. Their fear of the
scouts is proof of the efficacy of force
with these cowardly people, and if any
danger is apparent of an outbreak it
would probably be deprived of all it's
potency by relieving the suspected
tribe of their arms and ammunition,
and by keeping an extraordinary sur
veillance over them Tucson Citizen.